Rachel Fell McDermott is Associate Professor and Chair
of the Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Department and specializes in South
Asia, especially India. She received her B.A. from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1981, her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School in 1984, and her
Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1993. Her research interests focus on Bengal,
in eastern India, and the Hindu-goddess-centered religious traditions from that
part of the subcontinent. She is also committed to the study of comparative
religion, and teaches comparative courses in which important religious themes
are traced across cultures. |
